/**
 * Copyright 2010 Tristan Slominski
 *
 * Licensed under the MIT License (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.mindash.handlebars.client.presenters;

import com.mindash.handlebars.client.places.handlers.AtPlaceGenericHandler;
import com.mindash.handlebars.client.views.View;

/**
 * @author Tristan Slominski
 * 
 */
public interface Presenter extends AtPlaceGenericHandler {

  /**
   * Binds this presenter's view with any views from child presenters.
   */
  public void bindView();

  /**
   * @return the adapter currently associated with this presenter
   */
  public int getAdapter();

  /**
   * @return {@code true} if loading
   */
  public boolean isLoading();

  /**
   * Creates the {@link View} for the current presenter based on adapter
   * 
   * @return the view
   */
  public View makeView();

  /**
   * Conducts any processing on the view after it is created via
   * {@link #createAndBind()}
   */
  public void postProcessView();

  /**
   * Sets this presenter's adapter.
   * 
   * @param adapter the adapter to set
   */
  public void setAdapter(int adapter);

  /**
   * Sets whether this presenter is loading something or not.
   * 
   * @param loading {@code true} if loading
   */
  public void setLoading(boolean loading);

}
